EDMAZINBIIGET Christian Chapman (Anishinaabe) • 10:58 • 2014 • Canada • Live Score Presentation.Edmazinbiiget, (Anishinabe for he/she who draws) is a fictitious narrative about a secluded recluse who lives off the land with a need to create art, at a time when the Woodland Style of art was in its infancy.

DISRUPTION IS INEVITABLE Yuma Dean Hester (Ojibwa/Cree) • 6:23 • 2015 • No dialoguePost Rock Outfit "The Gentlemen Soundgoods" provides the soundtrack to this meditative film reflecting on the landscapes of Northern Ontario and Central Manitoba.

MOBILIZE Caroline Monnet (Algonquin) • 2:48 • 2015 • Canada • No dialogueAt once a history project and a call to action, Mobilize mashes up images of Indigenous labour from the far north to the urban south. Featuring a haunting score by Inuit throat singer, Tanya Tagaq.

THROAT SONG Miranda De Pencier • Producer: Stacey Aglok MacDonald (Inuk) • 18:00 • 2011• MATURE CONTENTA young Inuit woman searches for a way out of her abusive relationship only to find the voice she thought she'd lost forever.

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASINABKA FILM & MEDIA ART FESTIVAL

Inspired by conversations with Inuit human rights activist Miqqusaaq, the dramatic short film THROAT SONG takes place in the icy landscape of Iqaluit, Nunvaut, a small town in the Canadian Arctic. Ippik (Ippiksaut Friesen), a young Inuk woman, is silently suffering from the pains of an abusive relationship.

The Wairoa Maori Film Festival was founded in 2005 with the purpose of supporting, recognising and presenting the indigenous storyteller narrative. We are a non profit, non political organisation Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i Te Wairoa -Wairoa Maori Film Festival Inc. (c) 2005-2014.